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Quebec, Canada
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Southeastern Quebec is a coastal region in Quebec with small towns and villages hugging the coast. It is east of Quebec City and south of the St. Lawrence River. The Gaspé is particularly scenic.
between the St. Lawrence River and northern Maine
rugged peninsula jutting into the Gulf of St. Lawrence
By boat
There are ferries across the St. Lawrence River from Saint-Siméon to Rivière-du-Loup, Forestville to Rimouski, and from Baie-Comeau/Godbout to Matane.
By plane
Aéroport régional de Mont-Joli (YYY) is the closest airport with scheduled flights, 35 km to the east of Rimouski.
By train
Via Rail's Ocean service between Montreal and Halifax stops three times a week in Rimouski, La Pocatière, Trois-Pistoles, Rivière-du-Loup and Matapedia.
By bus
Orléans Express has many daily runs to Rivière-du-Loup from Quebec City and Montreal with onward connections to Rimouski.
By bus
Two Orléans Express buses per day follow Route 132 eastward around either side of the Gaspé peninsula.
By bike
The Route Verte 1 of Quebec's cycling network is mostly a bike lane along the paved shoulder of Route 132, with some detours along secondary roads and directly through village centres that are…
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With a population of over 15,000 and a history that stretches back to the dawn of European colonization in what is now Canada, Gaspé is the largest city and unofficial capital of the region with which it shares its name. As the Gaspé Peninsula's most important service centre and transportation hub, almost every visitor to the region will pass through at one point or another on their travels.
the terminus of the easternmost ferry crossing of the St. Lawrence
a tourist town at the eastern tip of the peninsula is most famous for the Percé Rock — an arch-shaped rock formation swarmed constantly in the summer months by tour boats (and seabirds)
the biggest city of Bas-Saint-Laurent, known for its student community
home of the Musee du Bas Saint-Laurent, which has a huge collection of photographs
the Magdalen Islands are remote and beautiful, sandy strips of land in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
its Chic-Choc mountains, one of Quebec's highest mountain ranges, are part of the Appalachian Mountains
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